Historic. And sometimes kids get it. Completely. Remarkably.
Other times, the, well. Miss some important details.
This may be historic.
Maybe. Best of luck, Mr. Foley.
:)
I fail to see the attraction to coal powered cars. What will they do when they shut down the last power plant?
And there you go.
There is a Tesla charging station in my hometown. Sort of unusual since it is a small town of 5000 pop. When I drive by there is usually one or none charging.
Sometimes there will be one charging and one parked and a truck with a covered trailer also parked. My guess is the truck picks up ones which have run out of juice.
I wonder if other brands could charge there?
Takoma Park is Maryland’s Berkley. Our La-La land.
For left of left wing Takoma Park, MD, I’m not surprised.
“First gas station in America to ditch oil for 100% electric vehicle charging opens in Maryland..)”
Shocking.
He’ll be closed in two years.
I wonder how he meters the electricity to “charge money” to the customers who get their electricity from him? How long does it take for a single customer to charge their vehicle?
Whenever I want business advice, I always listen to a 17 year old girl.
Let’s see how the old electric charging biz is doing this time next year.
“A nudge from his daughter was the final step in convincing Doley to make the switch to EV charging.”
well that and $800,000 in free taxpayer money:
“The gas station conversion was jointly funded by the Electric Vehicle Institute and the Maryland Energy Administration, which provided a grant of $786,000.”
Who’s Mr Foley?
I know this is a fool’s errand but I am try8ng to figure out the economics of this.
1. The conversion from gas station to electric charging station cost was from a $786,000 grant. What the hell did they spend almost $800,000 on?
2. If the charging takes about 30 minutes and they can charge 4 cars at a time, that is a maximum of 8 cars per hour. How much would you have to charge for a charge to be profitable?
I don’t think they will be able to make enough to even pay the mortgage or rent on the station unless the government continues to subsidize.
I get the feeling his daughter did not do any math on this idea. I hope she is not depending on an inheritance.
Onefree extension cord with each fill up - excuse me, charge.
Had to laugh at a gas station in Fairbanks Alaska I saw last month.
The big sign out front was modified to say “Grass Station” as it was a pot shop. Reminded me of Cheech & Chong’s “Nice Dreams” on the “ice cream” truck.